Turki Alalshikh has ruled out working with former junior middleweight champion Tim Tszyu and hit back at Canelo Alvarez’s recent comments.
Alalshikh announced that he had cut ties with Tszyu after Vergil Ortiz Jr. defeated Serhii Bohachuk on Saturday (August 10). Tszyu and Ortiz…
Jaron ‘Boots’ Ennis must move to 154 to take advantage of the money fights against fighters like Vergil Ortiz Jr., Terence Crawford, Sebastian Fundora, and Tim Tszyu. He doesn’t need to stay at the empty 147 division with his trivial goal of becoming undisputed.
We…
Edgar Berlanga says he’s not just taking the fight against superstar Canelo Alvarez for the big-money million+ payday he’ll be getting for their headliner on September 14th.
He says he’s taking it for his “legacy” because he wants to be in Canelo’s position someday as…
LAS VEGAS — Vergil Ortiz Jr. is just coming off a hard fight — easily the hardest fight of his career, given that Ortiz’s close win over Serhii Bohachuk was the first time that the junior middleweight contender had gone the distance. …
Promoter Tom Loeffler says Vergil Ortiz Jr’s busted-up face and two knockdowns are proof that he deserved a loss against WBC interim junior middleweight champion Serhii Bohachuk last Saturday night in their clash at the Michelob Ultra Arena in Las Vegas.
Unfortunately for Loeffler and…
So much of what we’ve heard about Vergil Ortiz Jr. from Golden Boy Promotions’ executives in recent weeks is about some of the other junior middleweights Ortiz could face, whether it’s Terence Crawford or Tim Tszyu .
Of course, Golden Boy…
Golden Boy promoter Bernard Hopkins was still in denial about his fighter Vergil Ortiz Jr. having been knocked down twice by WBC interim junior middleweight champion Serhii Bohachuk last Saturday night at the Michelob Ultra Arena in Las Vegas.
A Less Controversial Win?
Rather than…
It had been almost 15 months since Kenneth Sims Jr. last entered the ring. But now that the junior welterweight contender has returned — stopping late replacement opponent Jonathan Romero after five rounds on Saturday night — Sims feels ready to get back…
Blair Cobbs sees WBA light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol in a near-unwinnable position going up against IBF, WBC, and WBO champ Artur Beterbiev in their undisputed championship on October 12th in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Beterbiev’s Power and Pressure
Cobbs feels that the short, powerful arm…